And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light (Colossians 1:10-12).

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

"Mere Anglicanism"

Legitimized syncretism under the guise of Christian unity: This phrase describes what is happening today among evangelicals, and it is a key to understanding the destruction that C. S. Lewis has brought to Biblical Christianity.

The Gospel is the ONE Gospel—it’s not one of many. Under the guise of Christian unity, Lewis has brought in syncretism—many gospels. For instance, he believed in purgatory (a Roman Catholic invention), which necessarily follows from another gospel—a form of Pelagianism. This view holds that one must be purified to come into the presence of the living God, but purgatory is not by the righteousness of Christ. That is another gospel, but Lewis doesn’t have any problem holding and promoting that view. That’s one reason why people who follow Lewis can blithely become Roman Catholics (e.g. Peter Kreeft, Sheldon Vanauken, ThomasHoward, Joseph Pearce) and can become syncretists with Eastern religions (e.g. Dom Griffiths).

Lewis also preaches that God speaks through myths and that pagan myths are actually precursors to the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ. He believes in universal revelation. And he extols George MacDonald, whom he called his “master,” who believed that eventually all will be saved—even Satan.

The gospel that C. S. Lewis preached was not the same Gospel that Paul preached. This is why I consider C. S. Lewis so dangerous for Biblical Christianity.

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I have a B.S. in Biology from the University of Oregon and an M.A. in Religion with a major in Church History from Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Pennsylvania. Over the past 20 years, I’ve continued studying, writing, and teaching in the areas of church and world history, focusing on contemporary philosophies and movements that are influencing the Church. These include Gnosticism, the occult, religious Romanticism, Hermeticism, and psychology.